Left Hand Brewing Co. Zesty Dreams Nitro Meyer Lemon Blonde Ale

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Left Hand Brewing Co. (https://lefthandbrewing.com) Zesty Dreams Nitro is a 5.5% ABV Meyer Lemon Blonde Ale that utilizes nitrogen (a widget) in the can to carbonate this beer. This nitro Blonde ale uses 2-Row Pale Malt, Wheat Malt, Crystal 40, and Rolled Oats malts. They also use Lemon Drop, Eldorado hops, as well as Meyer Lemon and natural lemon flavor. This beer pours a yellow color, with a one-finger creamy, white head. There is an aroma of fresh lemon, tart, dry, and fruity, of course.n The flavor is Lemon fruit, dry, creamy, and slightly tart. This beer has a medium feel to the mouth. Then it has a creamy lemon finish. The aftertaste is just lemony. The nitrogen adds a creaminess that enhances the lemon. This beer gets an A grade. I really would recommend drinking Zesty Dreams. The lemon flavor is excellent without being too tart/sour. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Westbrook Brewing Co. Lemon Meringue Shake India Pale Ale

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Lemon Meringue Shake India Pale Ale from Westbrook Brewing Co. (westbrookbrewing.com) in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, boasts a 7% ABV. This IPA has Cascade and CTZ hops. It is dry-hopped with Citra and Mosaic. They use Conan Yeast with malts such as Citra Pils, Oats, Pale, and Wheat. It also has Lactose (milk sugar), Lemon, and Madagascar Vanilla. This beer was purchased from Southern Spirits in South Carolina (www.southernspirits.com). This IPA pours a cloudy/hazy yellow, with a two-finger white head. The aroma is citrusy, Lemony, and vanilla. The flavor is citrusy, lemony, with notes of vanilla, sweet/bitter, and creamy. This beer has a light body and a medium mouthfeel. This beer finishes with bittersweet vanilla and lemon. The aftertaste is bitter, lemon/vanilla milkshake. This beer is delicious, and I would not expect anything less from Westbrook Brewing. This Lemon Meringue Shake IPA is an A+. You should be drinking this. It is just as the can says. It tastes like Lemon Meringue Shake. This beer is part of the brewery’s Shake. You should drink this and all of Westbrook’s beers. Please stay safe, be kind to one another, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brewery Ommegang OMG Series Oak-Aged Watermelon Kolsch

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This Oak-Aged Watermelon Kolsch from Brewery Ommegang (https://www.ommegang.com) in Copperstown, New York is an intresting beer that comes in at 6% ABV. This OMG Series beer is aged on golden agave chips and had touch of lime and real watermelon. I purchased this singular beer from my local Total Wine (totalwine.coml). This beer is fermented with Pilsner, White Wheat, and Cara malts. This Kolsch pours a red hue with a one-finger fizzy white head. The aroma is of watermelon, lime, and it’s haas light tartness. The flavor is slightly dry,with notes of oak, lime, watermelon, sweetness, and light margarita. This beer has a watermelon finsih with a slight oaky flavor that fades quickly. The aftertaste is tart with light sweet notes that do not linger long. This was an amazing tasting Watermelon Kolsch beer. It is well derserving of an A+. Naturally this a beer that you should be drinking. The watermelon does not taste fake, and the lime add a deliciously added layer to this great beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Boulevard Brewing Co. Tropical Tank 7 Island Saison

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Tropical Tank 7 is a new beer from Boulevard Brewing Co. in Kansas City, Missouri (www.boulevard.com). This is an 8.5% ABV Island Saison that I purchased from Southern Spirits (www.southernspirits.com). This beer was released in May of this year. This beer pours yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, candied tropical fruit and bubble gum. The flavor is sweet, tropical fruit, bubble gum, and light perfume. The scent smells slightly better than it tastes. You get a faint/light juicy fruit finish that fades fast. The aftertaste is tropical fruit bubble gum. It’s not so great. The sweetness is too much, and you don’t get any Belgian yeast esters. I did finish this beer. I mean, this wasn’t disgusting. I give Tropical Tank 7 a low-grade D. I don’t think this is something that you need to rush out and have. Regular Tank 7 is a better choice in this situation. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sugar Creek Brewing Company The Big O Blood Orange IPA

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Made localy in Charlotte, North Carolina by Sugar Creek Brewing, (https://sugarcreekbrewing.com) The Big O is a 7% ABV Blood Orange IPA. This IPA has California grown “Moro” blood oranges along with dry-hopping, specialty toasted malts, Citra and Mosaic hops. You can find this beer where ever beer is sold in the Charlotte area (www.totalwine.com). This IPA pours orange with a two-finger white head. The aroma is big on the orange. It is almost like bitter orange candy. The flavor is orange, fruity, grapefruits, bitterness with small sweet notes. This has a medium mouthfeel. Then it has a bitter orange finish that lingers in the aftertaste with a good amout of bittering notes. This bee is on the heavier flavored side of things. So it has a nice pungent bitter orange like its name. I give The Big O an A-. It does have a little more boozieness on this but that is not so bad. That is a common ABV with craft IPAs. I would recommend this beer if you love bitter oranges. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Legal Remedy Brewing Co. Whistleblower Watermelon Wheat

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Brewed in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Whistleblower from Legal Remedy Brewing Co, is a 6% watermelon wheat with watermelon purée. Legal Remedy is a courtroom/law/lawyer themed brewery, (https://legalremedybrewing.com). This wheat beer pours yellow with a semi-quick one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, fruity, and light on watermelon. The flavor is sweet and there is more watermelon than on the aroma. The wheat is light as is the body of this beer. It is fruity and the sweetness makes a vanilla like note as this beer warms. This beer has a light mouthfeel. Then it finishes with a fruity watermelon sweetness that lingersmomentarilyt on the aftertaste. Whistleblower is a decent tasting beer, I give it a C. It is average and the watermelon is lighter than I would have like. But most watermelon flavored things don’t actually taste like real watermelon. This is missing some watermelon flavor. But it isn’t a bad choice, but 21st Amendment Brewing’s Hell or High Watermelon is a much better choice. Please stay safe, be kind to each other , and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brewery Ommegang x Leifmans OMG Series Dream Patch

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Dream Patch is a Fruited Sour beer from Brewery Ommegang (https://www.ommegang.com) in Copperstown, New York and Leifmans (https://www.liefmans.com/en) in Oudenaarde, Belgium. These two breweries collaborated to make this Sour from Ommegang OMG Series. This beer is 6.5% ABV, with Pilsner and Crystal malts. It also has Belgian sour gurus from Liefmansands Cherry, Blueberry, and Raspberry. This beer is available year round. I purchased this from Total Wine (Totalwine.com). This beer pours a cherry read with a pink-like one-finger head that is gone instantly. The aroma is fruity and tart. There is Cherry and blueberry. I didn’t get much or any blueberry. The flavor is tart with cherry, raspberry and slight blueberry flavor. Overall the tartness is mild as is the fruity flavors. The mouthfeel is light. This beer finishes with a nice tartness of cherries. The raspberries are faint on the finish. The aftertaste is tart but that does fade along with the fruity and some slight yeast notes. This is not in your face sour or tart. Deam Patch is an A. The fact that the blueberries get lost on the flavor held it back from being perfect. I would still recommend this beer. You should drink this! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Highland Brewing Company Seasonal Cerveza Lime Lager

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From Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, Seasonal Cerveza Lime Lager is only available February through June. This beer is 5% ABV with Mt. Hood, Hallertau, Mittenfruh, and Perle hops. There is Vianna, Pilsner, and Dark Munich malts as well as Lime in this Lager. This lager pours a gold color with a one finger white head that fizzes away quickly. The aroma is zesty with lime and crisp on the nose. The flavor is tangy, lime, malty, and crisp with a light body. This has a light feeling in the mouth. This lager has a fruity lime finish and aftertaste of the same lime zest. This is a good crushable beer that is an A. If you like Mexican style beers, then look no further. This beer is good without trying too hard and it’s refreshing. The lime flavor does not overpower the beer in any way. It complements the overall flavors of this lager. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Birdsong Brewing Co. Peel Good Inc.

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Peel Good Inc. is a sour ale with blood oranges from Birdsong Brewing Co. in Charlotte, North Carolina. This sour ale is 5% ABV. I am a big fan of blood oranges. I love all kinds of blood orange beverages and the blood oranges themselves. This beer pours an almost yellow-light orange with a one-finger head. The head is gone as soon as it is poured. The aroma is tart blood orange with a hint of sweetness. The flavor is blood orange, tart, and sour. This is not too tart, but it has enough tartness. This has a light but tart mouthfeel. Then, it finishes with a tartness that fades into a light sourness. The aftertaste is orangey and tart and lingers for a moment. This is a good sour ale that is a B+. It could use a tiny bit more blood orange flavor. That would be my only complaint about this beer. Yes, you should be drinking this, but not a whole lot. The flavor would get overwhelming after three. I still like this beer from Birdsong. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Co. Cheerwine Holiday Ale

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NoDa Brewing Co. Cheerwine Holiday Ale is a seasonal/holiday version of Cheerwine Ale. This beer is 5.2% ABV wheat ale with cheery and pineapple. This ale is supposed to be a beer version of Cheerwine Holiday Punch. This ale pours a light peach with a quick, fading one-finger white head. The aroma is wheat, cherry, and pineapple. The flavor is much like Cheerwine. There are cherry, pineapple, and wheat flavors with a mild sweetness similar to a sour ale. This has a light mouthfeel. Then, it has a sweet, fruity finish, like a fruity soda. The aftertaste is more fruity Cheerwine. This is not great, it comes to a C-. I feel this beer is trying to be three things at once, Cheerwine, Holiday Cheerwine, and a beer. It not doing a bad job, but it could be better. I bought this because it sounds interesting. It is not terrible. I wouldn’t buy this a second time. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!